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‘One Slave, Many Owners’ to be genealogy meeting topic

The Middle Peninsula African-American Genealogical and Historical Society (MPAAGHS) will hold its monthly meeting on Saturday, January 13, at 11 a.m. in the Essex Public Library, 117 North Church Lane (Rt. 17), Tappahannock.

“One Slave, Many Owners: Following the Path of My Formerly-Enslaved Ancestor -A Case Study” will be the topic of a talk that will be given by Renate Yarborough Sanders. This talk was originally to have been given in December but was postponed due to the weather.

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